( honestly, the "sir" just makes norton think he's being kind of factitious; again, he looks uncomfortable. )

I told you, there's no need for formalities—it's just common sense anyway.

( even if you're some kind of ancient knight or whatever. norton's Just A Guy. )

If you want my opinion, when it comes to us dying, I think that the fumigation is probably the greater danger. We don't know why the murderer did it or if they'll do it again at all, but we do know that they're definitely going to be smoking us out of this school like we're no more than rats to them.

( which, they are, and norton's used to that, but... he'd rather not die like a rat? not here or now? he hasn't struck rich yet, and he's pretty determined to live at least a little bit of the life he deserves before he taps out. )

But as long as we're talking about this, figuring out the reason behind it will help us more than how it happened.